How can I tell IntelliJ's “Find in Files” to ignore generated files?

Question

I need to do a find in files. I want to ignore or exclude generated files, like JAX-WS artifacts or classes in target folders. How can I tell IDEA to exclude these files from th

Answer 1

You can also put the search file filter starting with ! sign to exclude. Example to search code not in Test Java files: !*Test.java

If you have a few types of files you can separate with , sign. Example to search in Kotlin and Groovy files only: *.kt,*.groovy

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